Should private equity consolidate EDA?
May 3, 2012
In the last decade, the three major EDA companies (Synopsys Inc., Cadence Design Systems Inc., and Mentor Graphics Corp.) have had a combined market capitalization which has stayed largely flat (approx $9.5 billion). In this same time period, the leading hamburger manufacturer, MacDonalds, grew shareholder value by 3X (from $28 billion to $99 billion) and the leading household goods manufacturer, Proctor and Gamble, grew shareholder value by over 50 percet (from $121 billion to $185 billion). This situation is obviously not good for shareholders, but the relatively stagnant state of the industry is also negative for customers and employees.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- NPU IP
- JPEG XL Encoder
- I2C Master/Slave Controller Core
- NVMe Validation Test Suite
- Hybrid Memory Cube Verification IP
Related Blogs
- EDA to private equity, part 2
- NXP Being Asset-Stripped By Private Equity Owners
- Private Equity Warps Management Values
- Private Equity Expertise Is An Illusion
Latest Blogs
- Tape-Out Readiness Checklist: Engineering Decisions That Prevent Costly Respins
- How Cadence DSPs Put In-Cabin AI Audio On-Chip in SemiDrive's X10
- The Fastest Path to Scalable Photonic Systems: Using Proven IP for both PIC and EIC designs
- Building Trusted AI Agents from the Silicon Root of Trust
- Heterogeneous Computing in Space